Father´s Day

Father´s Day

Hello, Happy Sunday. Today is Father´s Day in the US and in most of the Americas. The following other countries observe Father´s Day today.

Argentina, Bangadlesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

A little history about Father´s Day in the US from Wikipedia.

In the United States, the first modern Father´s Day celebration was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia. It was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the Father´s Day to her pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy. Another possible inspiration for the service was Mother´s Day, which had recently been celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles away.