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#ThingsILearnedFromMrRogers trending on anniversary of show's launch

Mister Rogers and King Friday. Photo courtesy of the Fred Rogers Company

PITTSBURGH — Where were you 51 years ago today? You may have been sitting in front of a television watching the first episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.

The children's program premiered on May 22, 1967 on NET, or National Education Television. The network would later become PBS, or Public Broadcasting Service.

To mark the anniversary of the show's premiere, people are posting to social media with what they learned from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.

The hashtag #WhatILearnedFromMrRogers is trending.

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