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Michael Armstrong (author)
Michael, Mike or Mick Armstrong may refer to: Politics *Michael Armstrong (politician) (1924–1982), Northern Irish unionist politician *Mike Armstrong (politician) (born 1957), American politician Sports *Michael Armstrong (hurler) (born 1990), Northern Irish hurler *Mike Armstrong (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player *Michael Armstrong (boxer) (born 1968), British boxer, born Michael Morris *Michael Gomez (born 1977), Manchester-Irish boxer who was born Michael Armstrong Other *Michael F. Armstrong (1932–2019), American lawyer * C. Michael Armstrong (born 1938), American businessman, former chairman of AT&T *Michael Armstrong (filmmaker) (born 1944), British writer, director, and cinematographer *Mick Armstrong, Australian socialist activist and author *Mike Armstrong, Canadian television journalist for ''Global National'' See also * Armstrong (surname) Armstrong is a surname of Scottish borders origin. It derives from a Middle English nickname which meant so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Armstrong (politician)
Michael Armstrong (1924–1982) was a Northern Irish politician, barrister and soldier. Born in France, Armstrong studied law at Cambridge University and practised as a barrister before embarking on a military career.W.D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, ''Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-1993'', The Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 90 At the outbreak of the Second World War he enlisted as an officer in the Irish Guards and retired as a captain in 1945, having served with the Allied occupation government of Germany. He subsequently served with the Ulster Special Constabulary and was a district commander in this group when it was disbanded in 1970. He was then a commander in the County Armagh company of the Ulster Defence Regiment until 1974. Armstrong was a member of the Ulster Unionist Party and in 1975 was elected as a delegate to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention for Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Armstrong (politician)
Michael Dean Armstrong (born May 24, 1957) is an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Washington House of Representatives The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, and along with the Washington State Senate makes up the legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 ..., representing the 12th Legislative District from 2001 to 2013. References Republican Party members of the Washington House of Representatives Living people 1957 births People from Wenatchee, Washington {{Washington-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Armstrong (hurler)
Michael Armstrong (born 1990 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club O'Donovan Rossa Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa ( ga, Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; baptised 4 September 1831, died 29 June 1915)Con O'Callaghan Reenascreena Community Online (dead link archived at archive.org, 29 September 2014) was an Irish Fenian leader and member ..., having previously played for Gort Na Mona and Davitt's, and has been a member of the Antrim senior inter-county team since 2011. References 1990 births Living people O'Donovan Rossa (Antrim) hurlers Antrim inter-county hurlers Sportspeople from Belfast {{Antrim-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Armstrong (baseball)
Michael Dennis Armstrong (born March 7, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1980 to 1987, mainly as a relief pitcher. He played college baseball for the University of Miami. Career Armstrong originally was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the ninth round of the 1972 draft, but did not sign. He was then drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the first round (24th overall) of the 1974 amateur draft. While still in the minors, Armstrong was traded to the San Diego Padres in 1979. He made appearances in the majors with the Padres in 1980 and 1981, but mainly played in the minor leagues. Prior to the start of the 1982 season, Armstrong was purchased by the Kansas City Royals. There, Armstrong pitched regularly, with over 100 innings in his two years with the team and had an earned run average under 4.00. Armstrong played in the pine tar game between the Royals and the Yankees on July 24, 1983, earning the victory; a victory it took him almost a month to pick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Armstrong (boxer)
Michael Morris (born 18 December 1968), who fought under the name Michael Armstrong, is a British former boxer, who was British super featherweight champion in 1992. Career Born in Moston, Cheshire and based in Stoke-on-Trent, Armstrong moved into boxing from kickboxing and made his professional debut in January 1988, knocking John Hales out in the first round. Beaten only twice in his first 15 fights, in September 1990 he challenged for Modesty Napunyi's Commonwealth featherweight title, losing in a ninth round knockout. He won his next three fights, including a final eliminator against Darren Elsdon, setting up a challenge for John Doherty's British super featherweight title in April 1992 at the G-Mex Centre in Manchester. Armstrong stopped Doherty in the seventh round to become British champion. In July 1993, he was fined £1,000 and given an 18-months suspended sentence after being found guilty of a drug offence. He lost the British title in October when he was stopped in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gomez
Michael Gomez (born Michael Armstrong; 21 June 1977) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2009. He was born to an Irish Traveller family in Longford, Ireland, spending his early years in Dublin before moving to London and later Manchester, England, with his family at the age of nine. In boxing he was affectionately known as "The Predator", "The Irish Mexican" and "The Mancunian Mexican". Despite finishing his career fighting in the lightweight division, Gomez is more notable for his fights at featherweight and super-featherweight. During his career he amassed a number of regional championships, most significantly the British super-featherweight title twice, from 1999 to 2004. He also held the WBU super featherweight title from 2004 to 2005. Gomez, who has been compared to Johnny Tapia, has lived a turbulent life and was often involved in controversial fights. In Gomez's initial matches he suffered a number of losses to journeyman opposition but then went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael F
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Armstrong (filmmaker)
Michael Armstrong (born 24 July 1944 in Bolton, Lancashire) is an English writer and director. Armstrong trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and was writing and directing films at the age of 22 with the award-winning short, '' The Image'' starring David Bowie and Michael Byrne. The following year, he wrote and directed his first feature film, ''The Haunted House of Horror'', starring Frankie Avalon, Jill Haworth, Mark Wynter, Richard O'Sullivan and Dennis Price, following it with the notorious '' Mark of the Devil'', starring Herbert Lom and Udo Kier which exceeded box office expectations in Europe and America on its first release in 1970 and has grown to be considered a cult film. Since then, Armstrong’s film credits have included the highly successful sex comedies ''The Sex Thief'' (1973) and '' Eskimo Nell'' (1975), both of which featured Armstrong himself, ''Adventures of a Private Eye'' (1977), and ''House of the Long Shadows'' (1983) starring Vincent Price, Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Armstrong
Socialist Alternative (SA) is a Trotskyist organisation in Australia. As a revolutionary socialist group, it describes itself as aiming to organise collective struggles against oppression and inequality, while promoting the need for a revolutionary movement that could one day overthrow capitalism. Its members have been involved in organising numerous protest campaigns around issues such as LGBT rights, climate change, racism and refugee rights. The organisation also intervenes into the trade union and student union movements. It has branches and student clubs in most major Australian cities, and publishes the fortnightly newspaper Red Flag. Since 2018, the organisation has played a leading role in the Victorian Socialists electoral alliance, a project dedicated to running socialist candidates in federal, state and local council elections. The Victorian Socialists won their first elected position in November 2020, when Socialist Alternative member Jorge Jorquera was elected t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global National
''Global National'' is the English language flagship national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Editorial and production staff are based out of Global's national news centre at Global BC in Burnaby, British Columbia, with Dawna Friesen presenting from the Global BC studios Mondays to Thursdays, and Farah Nasser presenting from the Global Toronto studios Fridays to Sundays. From 2008 to 2010, the program was the only Canadian network newscast to be regularly anchored from the nation's capital, Ottawa. In addition to Global's owned-and-operated stations (O&Os), ''Global National'' also airs on affiliate CHFD-DT in Thunder Bay, Ontario and independent station CJON-DT in St. John's, Newfoundland. Global also produced a Mandarin version of the newscast, titled ''Global National Mandarin'' from 2012 to 2016. It was anchored by Carol Wang. The newscast was seen on Shaw Multicultural Channel in Vancouver, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta. History Global's first tenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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