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History of father's day
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June 21, 2009
June 20, 2010
June 19, 2011
June 17, 2012 in United States
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In the United States, the first modern Father's Day celebration was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia or on June 19th of the same year, in the state of Washington. Today, Father's Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of June.
In West Virginia, it was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the service to the pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy. Another possible inspiration for the service was Mothers' Day, which had been celebrated for the first time two months prior in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles (24 km) away.
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Another driving force behind the establishment of the integration of Father's Day was Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent reared his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first June Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, WA, at the Spokane YMCA.
Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made Father's Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.
In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting greeting cards and male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.
According to IBISWorld, a publisher of business research, Americans are expected to spend at least $11 billion on gifts for Father's Day in 2008. This is about $7 billion less than the amount spent on Moms for Mother's Day, which is more steeped in traditional gifts, some of which tend to be more expensive than Father's Day gifts. In economic terms, the average per capita spending on Father's Day is expected to be in the range of $27.60 in 2008.
Father's Day is a day honoring fathers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements Mother's Day, the celebration honoring mothers.
Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, and special dinners to fathers and family-oriented activities. In 2008, it was celebrated on June 15 in many countries. It originated in Spokane, Washington. In 2009, it will be celebrated on June 21 in many countries. In a few Catholic countries, it is celebrated on the Feast of St. Joseph
The first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held on July 5 1908 in a church located in Fairmont, West Virginia, by Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia at the Central United Methodist Church of Fairmont.
Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd of Washington thought independently of the holiday one Sunday in 1909 while listening to a Mother's Day sermon at the Central Methodist Episcopal Church at Spokane, and she arranged a tribute for her father in June 19, 1910. She was the first to solicit the idea of having an official Father's Day observance.
It took many years to make the holiday official. In spite of support from the YWCA, the YMCA and churches, it ran the risk of disappearing from the calendar. Where Mother's Day was met with enthusiasm, Father's Day was met with laughter. The holiday was gathering attention slowly, but the wrong reasons: it was the target of much satire, parody and derision, including jokes from the local newspaper Spokesman-Review. Many people saw it as just the first step in filling the calendar with mindless promotions like "Grandparents' Day", "Professional Secretaries' Day", etc. all the way down to "National Clean Your Desk Day". A bill was introduced on 1913, US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea in 1924, a national committee was formed in the 1930s by trade groups in order to legitimize the holiday, In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries, most often on November 19. info (c) wikipedia.org
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February 23 in Russia
March 19 in Bolivia, Honduras , Italy , Liechtenstein, Andorra , Portugal, Spain , Macao
May 5 in Romania
May 8 in South Korea
May 21, 2009 in Germany
June 7, 2009 in Lithuania
June 5 in Denmark
June 14, 2009 in Belgium

June 21, 2009
June 20, 2010
June 19, 2011
June 17, 2012 in Argentina , Barbuda Antigua, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, People's Republic of China, Colombia, Costa Rica , Cuba , Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary , India, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Burma Myanmar, Mexico , Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama , Paraguay, Peru , Philippines , Puerto Rico , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United States, Ethiopia, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
June 17 inEl Salvador and Guatemala
June 21 in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt
June 23 in Nicaragua, Poland and Uganda
June 28, 2009 in Haiti
July 12, 2009 in Uruguay
July 26, 2009 in Dominican Republic
August 9, 2009 in Brazil
August 8 in Taiwan
September 6, 2009 in Australia and New Zealand
September 13, 2009 in Latvia
September 18, 2009 in Nepal
October 4, 2009 in Luxembourg
November 8, 2009 in Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland
December 5 in Thailand
December 26 in Bulgaria