1985 Event Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport 1969 Death Allan Welsh Dulles, U.S. diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75 1969 Death Allen Dulles, American Public Servant 1962 Event President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C. 1961 Event John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA 1961 Death Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 1959 Death John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State 1953 - 1959, dies at 71 1959 Event U.S. Secretary of States John Foster Dulles resigns 1954 Event CIA exile army lands in Guatemala, JF Dulles and United Fruit Co 1953 Event Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory 1953 Event Allen W. Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA 1953 Event General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA 1953 Event John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State 1950 Event John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson 1893 Birthday Allan W. Dulles, U.S. diplomat and CIA head 1953-61, Germany's Underground 1893 Birthday Allen Dulles, American Public Servant 1888 Birthday John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, 1953 - 1959