June 20th, 2021
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Father's Day celebrates fathers every third Sunday of June. Father's Day began in 1909 in Spokane, Washington, when Senora Dodd requested a special day to honor her father, a Civil War veteran who raised his children after his wife died. The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 by President Lyndon Johnson. Father's day is celebrated both in the U.S. and Canada, as well as elsewhere around the world.
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