RE: Amazing Facts.. (Garfield)
As Today Is Fathers Day..So here is
Amazing Facts About Father's Day
In most of the countries
around the world, like USA, UK,
India, Canada, China, France,
Greece, Japan and even Hong
Kong, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June
The person credited for
inventing the concept of
Father's Day is Mrs. Sonora
Smart Dodd, an American
whose father had raised his
six children single-handedly.
The first American president
to support the concept of
Father's day was President
Calvin Coolidge, who did so in
1924.
The declaration of 3rd Sunday
of June as Father's Day was
signed as a law, and made
permanent, by President
Richard Nixon, in the year
1972.
Father's Day originated in
America. The first Father's Day
celebration (unofficial) was
held in Spokane, Washington,
on 19th June 1910.
One of the most common gifts
associated with Father's Day
comprises of a necktie,
followed by flowers.
Source :
Father's Day Facts - Interesting Trivia On Father Day