What Happened on February 2, 2021

Historical Events

Alejandro Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant to be confirmed as head of the US Department of Homeland Security

Bezos Steps Down

Jeff Bezos announces he is stepping down as CEO of Amazon after 30 years, becoming executive chairman

Pete Buttigieg is the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a US cabinet post as transportation secretary
Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine deemed 91.6% effective according to analysis published in "The Lancet" [1]
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny jailed for three and a half years in jail over alleged parole violations in Moscow

Biden's Immigrant Families Executive Order

US President Joe Biden signs executive orders to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new taskforce to address around 1000 remaining separated families [1]

46th US President, Vice President and Senator Joe Biden

Events in 2021

Famous Deaths

Danny Ray, American MC, stage manager, valet and "cape man" for soul singer James Brown, dies at 85
Grant Jackson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1969; World Series 1979; Philadelphia Phillies; Baltimore Orioles; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from complications of COVID-19 at 78
Rudolph Pariser, American physical and polymer chemist (molecular orbital computation), dies at 97
Tom Moore, English army captain knighted for raising £32 million for the NHS, dies with COVID-19 at 100

Died in 2021 2021 Highlights