1961 Death Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 1953 Event General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA 1950 Event Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head 1943 Event Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower and Bedell Smith 1921 Birthday Berkley Bedell, born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1975 - 1987 1895 Birthday Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general, WW II, head of CIA, 1950 - 1952 1860 Event 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard
