Armstrong may refer to:
Places
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Armstrong Creek (disambiguation) Armstrong Creek may refer to:
;In the United States
*Armstrong Creek (Pennsylvania), a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania
*Armstrong Creek (West Virginia), a stream
*Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin, a town in Forest County, Wisconsin
**A ...
, various places
Antarctica
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Armstrong Reef
Armstrong Reef is a reef that encompasses many ice-free plutonic islets and rocks, extending for from the south-west end of Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957, ...
, Biscoe Islands
Argentina
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Armstrong, Santa Fe
Armstrong is a city in the southwest of the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 11,181 inhabitants as per the . It is located from the provincial capital Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, west of Rosari ...
Australia
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Armstrong, Victoria
Armstrong (also known as Armstrongs) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Western Highway, north of Ararat, in the local government area of Rural City of Ararat.
The population at the was 90.
The town began as a gold-mining sett ...
Canada
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Armstrong, British Columbia
The City of Armstrong is located in the North Okanagan of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Vernon and Enderby. It overlooks the Spallumcheen Valley, which forms a broad pass between the Okanagan Valley to the south and the Sh ...
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Armstrong, Ontario
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Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario
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Armstrong, Ontario (Indian settlement)
Armstrong is a compact rural community, unincorporated place, and divisional point on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The White ...
United States
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Armstrong, California
Termo (also, Snowstorm and Armstrong) is a ghost town in Lassen County, California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximatel ...
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Armstrong, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...
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Armstrong, Florida
Armstrong is an unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the ...
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Armstrong, Georgia Armstrong is an extinct town in Wilkes County, in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia ...
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Armstrong, Illinois
Armstrong is an unincorporated community in Middlefork Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
History
Armstrong was laid out in 1876 on land owned by Thomas and Henry Armstrong; it was on the route of the Havana, Rantoul, and Eastern narrow-gauge ...
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Armstrong, Indiana
Armstrong is an unincorporated community in Armstrong Township, Vanderburgh County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
A post office was established at Armstrong in 1856, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.
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Armstrong, Iowa
Armstrong is a city in Emmet County, Iowa, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. It was originally known as Armstrong Grove.
History
Armstrong got its start in 1892, after the construction of the railroad through that territor ...
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Armstrong, Minnesota
Armstrong is an unincorporated community in Freeborn County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populou ...
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Armstrong, Missouri
Armstrong is a city in Howard County, Missouri, United States. The population was 243 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Armstrong was platted in 1878, and named after one Mr. Armstron ...
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Armstrong, Oklahoma
Armstrong is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Blue River. The population was 105 at the 2010 census, a 25.2 percent decrease from the figure of 141 recorded in 2000. The town was named for Frank C. Armstrong, a member o ...
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Armstrong, Texas
Armstrong is an unincorporated community in central Kenedy County, Texas, United States. As of 2014, it consisted solely of a small rural post office, with no habitations; an extensive, gated ranch land abuts its lone building, which lies on U.S ...
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Armstrong, Wisconsin
Armstrong is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in the town of Osceola, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Osceola, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. It was settled in 1851 and a post off ...
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Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
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Armstrong County, Texas
Armstrong County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in the Texas Panhandle and its county seat is Claude.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,848. Armstrong County is included in the Amarillo metropolitan area.
T ...
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Armstrong Lake (Blue Earth County, Minnesota)
Armstrong Lake is a lake in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, in the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It ...
, a lake in Minnesota
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Armstrong Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
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Armstrong Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) Armstrong Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:
*Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
*Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Armstrong Township is a township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania ...
, more than one, including
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Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Armstrong Township is a township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township was named after General Armstrong who commanded the celebration against Kittanning.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paicgs ...
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Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
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Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
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Armstrong Tunnel
The Armstrong Tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connects Second Avenue at the South Tenth Street Bridge, under the Bluff where Duquesne University is located, to Forbes Avenue between Boyd Street and Chatham Square.
Construction
The tunnel was ...
, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
People
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Armstrong (surname)
Armstrong is a surname of Scottish borders origin. It derives from a Middle English nickname which meant someone with strong arms. In Ireland the name was adopted as an Anglicization of two Gaelic names from Ulster: ''Mac Thréinfhir'' (meaning "s ...
, including a list of people with the surname
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Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
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, first person to walk on the moon
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George Armstrong (footballer)
George "Geordie" Armstrong (9 August 1944 – 31 October 2000) was an English football player and coach, who was mostly associated with Arsenal. A winger, Armstrong made his Arsenal debut in 1962 at the age of 17 and went on to make 621 appeara ...
, An Arsenal English Footballer
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Lance Edward Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Regarded as a sports icon for winning the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005 after recovering fro ...
, an American former professional road racing cyclist
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...
, an American trumpeter who was one of the most influential figures in jazz
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Clan Armstrong, a Scottish clan from the border area between England and Scotland
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Armstrong Williams
Armstrong Williams (born February 5, 1962) is an American political commentator, entrepreneur, author, and talk show host. Williams writes a nationally syndicated conservative newspaper column, has hosted a daily radio show, and hosts a nationa ...
, American political commentator
* Armstrong, a character in the Valiant Comics comic book ''
Archer & Armstrong
''Archer & Armstrong'' is a superhero duo in the Valiant Comics universe. The two were originally created by writer and artist Barry Windsor-Smith and introduced in their own self-titled comic book series in 1992. After Acclaim Entertainment bough ...
''
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Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day
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Edwin Howard Armstrong
Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – February 1, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who developed FM (frequency modulation) radio and the superheterodyne receiver system. He held 42 patents and received numerous aw ...
, electronic engineer
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Joe Armstrong (programmer)
Joseph Leslie Armstrong (27 December 1950 – 20 April 2019) was a computer scientist working in the area of fault-tolerant distributed systems. He is best known as one of the co-designers of the Erlang programming language.
Early life and e ...
, computer scientist and co-designer of the
Erlang (programming language)
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Herbert Rowse Armstrong, British solicitor convicted and executed for murder
Companies
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Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles, British motorcycling company
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Armstrong Audio
Armstrong Audio, originally called Armstrong Wireless and Television Ltd. was a British manufacturer of radios and other audio equipment based in London, England. Founded by Claude Charles Jackson in 1932.
History
Initially created to man ...
, a British audio/hi-fi manufacturer
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Armstrong Group of Companies
Armstrong is a major northeastern cable television, telecommunications and internet service provider, operating services in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland. Armstrong Utilities, Inc. ranks among the 15 larges ...
, a conglomerate begun in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
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Armstrong Telephone Company, a telecommunications provider serving as a local exchange carrier in rural market
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Armstrong Tools
Armstrong Tools was an American industrial hand tool manufacturer. In its final years, it existed as a brand of Apex Tool Group, LLC and manufactured the majority of its tools in the United States, focusing mostly on aerospace, government, and mil ...
, an industrial hand tool manufacturer
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Armstrong Whitworth, the British engineering conglomerate which became Vickers-Armstrong
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Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, a separate entity
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Armstrong World Industries, a manufacturer of ceilings and walls.
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Armstrong Flooring
Armstrong Flooring is a Pennsylvania corporation incorporated in 2016. It was spun off as an independent entity from Armstrong World Industries in April 2016. The company manufactures flooring products in the US in
Beech Creek, Pennsylvania; Jac ...
, a manufacturer of flooring
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Armstrong investment managers
Government facility
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NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, A NASA research center
Other possible meanings
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6469 Armstrong
6469 Armstrong, provisional designation , is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Czech astronomer AntonÃn Mrkos at KleÅ¥ Observatory on 14 August 1982. ...
, minor planet
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Armstrong (automobile)
The Armstrong was an English automobile manufactured from 1902 to 1904; "claimed to be the best hill-climber extant", the car featured an International engine. , an early English car
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Armstrong Atlantic State University, a public university in Savannah, Georgia
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Armstrong (content management system)
Armstrong is an abandonware open source news publishing platform jointly developed by nonprofit online news organizations ''The Texas Tribune'' and ''The Bay Citizen'' with the assistance of a grant by the Knight Foundation. The core of the conten ...
, an open source news publishing platform
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Armstrong (crater)
Armstrong is a small lunar impact crater located in the southern part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It lies about 50 kilometers to the northeast of the Apollo 11 landing site, Tranquility Base. Named after American astronaut Neil Armstrong, the c ...
, a lunar crater
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Armstrong Gun
An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of Rifled breech-loader, rifled breech-loading field and heavy gun designed by William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Sir William Armstrong and manufactured in England beginning in 1855 by the ...
, a rifled breech-loading artillery piece
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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley was a British medium bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was one of three twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World ...
, World War II bomber
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Armstrong (DuckTales episode)
The following is an episode list for the Disney animated television series ''DuckTales''. The series is based on the Scrooge McDuck character and the ''Uncle Scrooge'' comic books created by Carl Barks. The series stars Scrooge, his great-neph ...
, an episode of ''DuckTales''
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Armstrong's axioms Armstrong's axioms are a set of references (or, more precisely, inference rules) used to infer all the functional dependencies on a relational database. They were developed by William W. Armstrong in his 1974 paper. The axioms are sound in generati ...
, a set of axioms used to infer all the functional dependencies on a relational database
* Armstrongs, a band including
Billie Joe Armstrong and
Tim Armstrong
* ''
The Armstrongs
''The Armstrongs'' is a British documentary television series broadcast on BBC Two in the UK. The Armstrongs is an access-all-areas insight into the unorthodox and sometimes ruthless business antics that are routine at "U-Fit", Coventry's thi ...
'', a British television series
See also
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Ångström (disambiguation)
The angstrom is a unit of length equal to 0.1 nanometre, also spelled ångström (lower case).
Ångström or Angstrom may also refer to:
People
*Anders Jonas Ångström (1814–1874), Swedish physicist
*Anders Knutsson Ångström (1888–1981) ...
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George Armstrong Custer
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