John Dingell Jr. recently announced that he intends to retire from the House of Representatives. He succeeded his father, John Dingell, Sr. in December 1955. Earlier in 1955, Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, The Salk polio vaccine received full approval by the Food and Drug Administration.West Germany became a sovereign country.
Six months after Dingell Jr. took over his father's seat, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act, creating the Interstate Highway System. So, Dingell Jr.'s term in Congress is older than the highways upon which drove the cars once made in his district.
A year after John Dingell ascended to Congress, Fidel Castro and his followers land in Cuba in the boat Granma.
Judging from before and after photos of Detroit and Cuba, it looks like Detroit has fared worse under 60 years of Communist rule than Detroit has under Democratic management.
Michigan Theater, Detroit
Detroit street before and after
Havana streets before the Revolution
Havana after the Revolution
John Dingell Sr was seated in Congress in 1933; the same year that construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge, Adolph Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, Pakistan was part of India, Prohibition was still in effect, and perhaps the most ironic of all, during the first year that a Dingell sat in the House:
- The United States Federal Government outlaws cannabis.
And during the last year of Dingell Jr.'s reign, the US Federal Government has effectively legalized cannabis:
Justice Department Will Allow Washington, Colorado Marijuana Legalization
So, the combined "service" of Dingells senior and junior will have spanned over 80 eventful years.
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