This traction on the retina, which is painless, sends a sensation of light to the brain that we see as flashers. People typically describe these as non-colored sparkles of light in one corner of the field of vision, usually affecting one eye.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond celebrated his 100th birthday in the U.S. Senate in December 2002; New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg is the oldest current U.S. senator; he is to turn 89 next month.
(Presidential Trivia). The oldest president to be elected to office was Ronald Reagan, who was 69 when he took office in 1981. Some more interesting facts about the ages of US presidents: The oldest elected president was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43).owever, had Senator John McCain been elected president, he would have been the oldest president to be inaugurated at the age of 72 years old. revolution | College Teacher | (Level 1) Valedictorian. Posted on. (Answer #8). The oldest US. President to be elected into the White House, and assumed office was Ronald Reagan.