The idea originated in the USA and has been officially celebrated there on the third Sunday in June since 1966.; Many believe that Sonora Dodd, from Washington, came up with the idea.; Dodd and her siblings had been raised by their father as a single parent after their mother died in childbirth.;
The idea originated in the USA and has been officially celebrated there on the third Sunday in June since 1966.
Many believe that Sonora Dodd, from Washington, came up with the idea.
Dodd and her siblings had been raised by their father as a single parent after their mother died in childbirth.
With the local YMCA and the Ministerial Association of Spokane, a city near where she was born, Dodd began a campaign to have the day officially recognised.
The first such “Father’s Day” was held in Spokane in 1910, with a number of towns and cities across America later following suit.
Dodd wanted to celebrate Father's Day on June 5th, her father's birthday and petitioned for the holiday to be recognized in her city.
Needing more time to arrange the festivities, Spokane’s mayor pushed the date back by two weeks.
And the first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, according to the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitor Bureau.