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COMPUTING

For the computer standard IEEE 754, see IEEE Floating-point Standard .

For the CPU socket developed by AMD, see Socket 754 .

EVENTS

Pope Stephen III crowns Pepin The Short King of the Franks at St.-Denis outside Paris; also dedicates the foundations of the new Abbey church.

Pepin The Short sends his armies into Italy to aid the pope against the Lombards .

Fire in Canterbury .

Oldest document mentioning the city of Ferrara is from this year (approximate date).

DEATHS

June 5 - Saint Boniface (or 755 )

Al-Saffah , first Abbasid Caliph (b. 721 )

Carloman , Mayor Of The Palace of the Franks (b. 716 )

Rhodri Molwynog Ap Idwal , king of Gwynedd in Wales