Father's Day Story: Excerpt from Hindustan Times.
As sons and daughters across the world celebrate Father's Day this Sunday few know dad's special day hits its centennial on June 20, 2010. Still, fewer know how it all began.
In 1909, a Mother's Day sermon at church inspired Spokane resident Sonora Smart-Dodd - one of six children being raised by a single dad - to honour her father.
She encouraged local churches to institute the first Father's Day observance the next year, and the idea has since caught on.
Father's Day became a national holiday in the US in 1972, when President Richard Nixon declared it to be the third Sunday of June.
In 1909, a Mother's Day sermon at church inspired Spokane resident Sonora Smart-Dodd - one of six children being raised by a single dad - to honour her father.
She encouraged local churches to institute the first Father's Day observance the next year, and the idea has since caught on.
Father's Day became a national holiday in the US in 1972, when President Richard Nixon declared it to be the third Sunday of June.
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