Father's Day Facts

• Father's Day always falls on the third Sunday in June.
• Father's Day originated in America.
• The first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington USA.
• The idea of Father's Day came from a Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd came out with the idea of the father's day.
• Father's Day was supported by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924.
• In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson declared the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day with a presidential proclamation.
• In 1972, President Richard Nixon established the Father's Day as a permanently holiday.