WSNS-TV (channel 44) is a television station in Chicago broadcasting the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned and operated by the network and shares its studios in the NBC Tower (pictured), and its transmitter on the Willis Tower, with WMAQ-TV. WSNS-TV was built as an English-language independent station by the local Essaness Theatres Corporation in 1970; it broadcast local sports, most notably the Chicago White Sox, among other local programs. In 1980, the station began broadcasting ON TV, a pay subscription television service with 120,000 local subscribers at its height in 1982; the station nearly had its broadcast license revoked by the Federal Communications Commission for its lack of local programming during this time. After ON TV folded in 1985, channel 44 became the city's first full-time Spanish-language television station, including local newscasts. Telemundo bought WSNS in 1996; NBC bought Telemundo in 2002, leading to the merger of WMAQ-TV and WSNS-TV.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1363:

Red Turban Rebellions: The rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang won the Battle of Lake Poyang by deploying ships intentionally set aflame when the emperor tried to escape. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Poyang

1918:

An ammunition plant in Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S., exploded, killing around 100 people and destroying more than 300 buildings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._A._Gillespie_Company_Shell_Loading_Plant_explosion

1957:

The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

2003:

A suicide bomber killed 21 people, including a two-month-old baby, and injured 60 others inside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_restaurant_suicide_bombing

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hacker: 1. Someone who hacks. 2. One who cuts with heavy or rough blows. 3. One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis. 4. [...] 5. [...] 6. (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems. 7. (by extension, computer security, telecommunications) Synonym of white hat (“a computer security professional who hacks computers for a good cause, or to aid a company, organization, or government without causing harm (for example, to identify security flaws)”) 8. (by extension, video games, slang) Someone who cheats or gains an unfair advantage in a video game by means of a disallowed modification to the game. 9. (computing, dated) One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer. 10. (by extension) One who applies a novel method, shortcut, skill, or trick to something to increase ease, efficiency, or productivity. 11. (obsolete) Synonym of hackster (“a violent bully or ruffian; also, an assassin, a murderer”) 12. Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood. 13. (Britain, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hacker

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