Remember, Father's Day is Sunday June 15, 2014. Here are a few little interesting facts about Father's Day!
The first Father's day on record was June 19, 1910. It was created by Washington's State, Sonora Dodd for his father William Smart. William Smart was Civil War veteran and raised his six children as a single father. Why June? That was the month of his birthday.
Father's Day wasn't recognized until 1966 thanks to President Lyndon Johnson, who designated the third Sunday of June to be Father's Day.
Father's Day become a permanent holiday in 1972, thanks to President Richard Nixon who signed Father's Day as a public law.
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