FATHER\u2019S DAY 19th JUNE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Father\u2019s Day was invented by American Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd who wanted to honour her father, a veteran who had, as a single parent, raised his six children. The first Father\u2019s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910. The first American president to support the concept of Father\u2019s Day was President Calvin Coolidge, but it wasn\u2019t until 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation that resulted in the declaration of the third Sunday of June as Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FATHER\u2019S DAY 19th JUNE Father\u2019s Day was invented by American Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd who wanted to honour her father, a veteran who had, as a single parent, raised his six children. The first Father\u2019s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910. 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