January 6th, 2008 - This Day in History

1973 - Schoolhouse Rock Premieres

The animated Saturday morning TV series of shorts called Schoolhouse Rock premieres on ABC this day in 1973 with “Multiplication Rock.”

The short musical cartoons featured lessons in math, history, science, grammar, and more, with classics like “Conjunction Junction,” “Interjections,” and “The Preamble to the Constitution.”

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