Episode 1146
Father's Day
Mon, 2020-Jun-22 01:43 UTC
Length - 1:29
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With 267,823 views on Sunday, 21 June 2020 our article of the day is Father's Day.
Father's Day is a day of honoring fatherhood and paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers in society. In Catholic countries of Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 as Saint Joseph's Day since the Middle Ages. In America, Father's Day was founded by Sonora Smart Dodd, and celebrated on the third Sunday of June for the first time in 1910. It is held on various days in many parts of the world all throughout the year, often in the months of March, May and June.
Father's day complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day, Siblings Day and Grandparents' Day.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:43 UTC on Monday, 22 June 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Father's Day on Wikipedia.
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