Father's Day: the third Sunday in June every year, this year is June 15, is today On the "Father's Day origin", there are two sayings: the first one: in 1909, Washington, a Mrs. Bruce Dodd, in the celebration of Mother's Day, a sudden thought arose: if there is Mother's Day, why not have a Father's Day? If there's a Mother's Day, why can't there be a Father's Day? Mrs. Dodd and her five brothers had lost their mother at an early age and were raised by their loving father. Many years have passed, and whenever the anniversary of their father's birth occurs, the six siblings always think back to their father's hard work in raising their family. With the support of Dr. Rasmus, she wrote an earnest letter to the state government calling for the establishment of a Father's Day and suggesting that it be celebrated on June 5, her father's birthday. The state government adopted her suggestion and hastily set Father's Day on the 19th, the 3rd Sunday in June, 1909, as the date. The following year, Mrs. Dodd's city of Spokane officially celebrated the holiday, and the mayor proclaimed a Father's Day proclamation making the day a statewide observance. Later, other states also celebrated Father's Day. On Father's Day, specific flowers were chosen to honor fathers. Mrs. Dodds suggested wearing red roses to honor living fathers and white roses to honor deceased fathers. Later in Vancouver, people chose to wear white lilacs, and Pennsylvanians honored their fathers with dandelions. In an effort to standardize Father's Day, there was a strong call for Congress to recognize the holiday, and in 1972, President Nixon officially signed the Congressional Resolution establishing Father's Day. The holiday was finally established in the form of a law and has been used ever since. Second: The idea of dedicating a day to honor mothers was first proposed in the United States in 1907. 2 years later, a woman in Washington State, Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, proposed that there should be a day similar to Mother's Day to honor fathers, the head of the family. Mrs. Dodd lost her mother at a young age and was brought up by her father. She loved her father very much. In the same year that Mrs. Dodd proposed her idea - 1909 - the Governor of Washington State responded by declaring the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. The idea was officially approved by President Woodrow Wilson in 1996, and in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge proposed making Father's Day a national holiday to "establish a closer relationship between fathers and children and to impress upon fathers the full extent of their responsibilities." Red or white roses are the recognized flowers for Father's Day. Father's Day has been recognized as a holiday throughout the United States for a longer period of time than Mother's Day. Because the idea of establishing Father's Day was so popular, businessmen and manufacturers began to see business opportunities. They not only encouraged sons and daughters to send cards to their fathers, but also encouraged them to buy ties, socks, and other small gifts for their fathers to show their respect for them. During World War II, U.S. soldiers stationed in England asked for Father's Day cards to send home. The American servicemen's request was responded to by British greeting card publishers and cards were therefore printed. Although the British public was a little slower to embrace this artificial holiday, today Father's Day is celebrated in the UK on the third Sunday in June, in much the same way as it is celebrated in the United States. Father's Day seems to be far less important than Mother's Day, and no children give their fathers gifts. Still, fathers in the United States consider their lot much stronger than those in many other countries where fathers don't even have a nominal holiday. Father's Day Dates in Countries and Regions of the World February 23: Russia March 19: Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain (St. Joseph's Day) May 8: South Korea (Two Parents Day) May 28: Germany (Ascension Day) June 5: Denmark First Sunday in June: Lithuania Second Sunday in June: Austria, Belgium Third Sunday in June: Argentina, Canada, Chile China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zimbabwe June 20: Bulgaria June 23: Nicaragua, Poland Last Sunday in July: Dominican Republic*** and the United States August 8: Taiwan Second Sunday in August: Brazil First Sunday in September: New Zealand, Australia Second Sunday in November: Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden December 5: Thailand (King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday) Father's Day is celebrated annually on the third Sunday of June in China Father's Day dates in recent years: 2005 June 19, 2006, June 18, 2006, June 17, 2007, June 15, 2008, June 21, 2009, June 20, 2010 The world's first Father's Day was born in 1910 in the United States, the founder of the holiday is Mrs. Duder of the city of Pocon, Washington State, United States. When Mrs. Doodle was 13 years old, her mother died tragically, and her father, William Smart, never renewed his marriage and raised her and his five other children on his own. In 1909, Smart died at home of exhaustion, and Mrs. Doodle blamed herself for not having been able to give her father a peaceful and happy old age. One day, after attending the church's Mother's Day Thanksgiving service, she missed her father very much, and felt that the love and effort he had put into raising his children was by no means inferior to that of any mother, but it was a bit unfair that there was no Father's Day in the world. So, Mrs. Duder told her feelings to the church's Reverend Rimas, who was y touched by Smart's love, and he immediately expressed his full support for Mrs. Duder's idea, and they then began to run around for the establishment of Father's Day. Through some efforts, the Governor of Washington State publicly expressed his approval of Mrs. Duder's proposal, and so the first Father's Day gathering in the world was held on June 19, 1910 in Washington State, USA. In 1924, U.S. President Coolidge publicly expressed his support for Father's Day to become an all-American holiday; in 1966, U.S. President Johnson proclaimed the third Sunday in June of that year to be U.S. Father's Day; in 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon signed an official document designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day for the whole of the United States every year and making it a permanent legal observance day in the United States. So far, more than 20 countries around the world began to Father's Day as a legal holiday.