A day honoring fathers, Father's Day is the paternal equivalent of Mother's Day. It is celebrated on various days and in many places around the world.

In the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, Turkey and France, Fathers' Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in June.

Other Father's Day (or similar) holidays are held on the following dates in the countries listed:

• February 23: Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day)

• March 19: Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Andorra (Dia del Pare), Portugal (Dia do Pai), Spain (Dia del Padre, Dia del Pare, Dia do Pai), Macao (Dia do Pai)

• May 5: Romania (Ziua Barbatului)

• May 8: South Korea (Parents' Day)

• Ascension Day: Germany

• 1st Sunday in June: Lithuania 

• June 5: Denmark (Constitution Day)    

• 2nd Sunday in June: Austria, Belgium

• June 17: El Salvador, Guatemala

• June 21: Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Uganda, United Arab Emirates

•  June 23: Poland

• June 30: Nicaragua

• Last Sunday in June: Haiti

• 2nd Sunday in July: Uruguay

• Last Sunday in July: Dominican Republic

• 2nd Sunday in August; Brazil

• August 8: Taiwan

• 2nd Sunday in September: Latvia

• New Moon in September: Nepal (Bhadra on the Lunar Calendar)

• 1st Sunday in October: Luxembourg

• 2nd Sunday in November: Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland

• December 5: Thailand

• December 26: Bulgaria

International Men's Day is celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Australia, India, United States, Singapore, United Kingdom and Malta on November 19.

So you deserve overwhelming attention today.
So here's a card!
Happy Father's Day and Good Luck "Dad!"

History of U.S. Father’s Day

The first observance of a Father's Day in the U.S. may have been held in a church located in Fairmont, West Virginia, on July 5, 1908. A service honoring fathers was conducted by Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia at the Central United Methodist Church of Fairmont.

The concept of a national Father's Day holiday in the U.S. is generally credited to Sonora Smart Dodd, the daughter of a Civil War veteran who raised six children on his own. She was inspired by a a Mother's Day sermon at the Episcopal church she attended and arranged a special tribute for her father in June 19, 1910. Then she began campaigning for an official Father's Day observance to honor all fathers.

In 1926, a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father's Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956.

A bill establishing a national Father's Day was introduced in Congress as early as 1913 and the idea was supported by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924, but it was not until 1972 that President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June.