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OCR: CHRONOLOGY OCTOBER 14, 1890 Bom Dwight David Eisenhower, in Denison, Texas. JULY 1, 1916 Marries Mamie Geneva Dawd. 1932 Becomes staff officer under General Douglas MacArthur. JUNE 25, 1942 Assumes command of U.S. forces in Europe. DECEMBER 24, 1943 Appointed to orchestrate the Allied invasions of northern and western Europe. JUNE 6, 1944 Leads the D-Day invasion of Europe. JUNE 7, 1948 Becomes president of Columbia University. DECEMBER 19, 1950 Named supreme commander of NATO land forces. JANUARY 20, 1953 Inaugurated as 34th president of the United States, along with Richard Nixon as his vice president. MARCH 28, 1969 Dies in Washington, D.C .; buried in Abilene, Kansas.