Happy Fathers Day In 2019 : why we celebrate Father’s Day And Importance , Father’s Day Date and History

Father’s Day

Hey guys, welcome back, today we are going to talk about Father’s Day. Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June in order to appreciate the sacrifices and efforts of father.

WHEN IS FATHER’S DAY CELEBRATED OR WHEN IS FATHER’S DAY 2019 IN INDIA?

Happy Fathers Day In 2019

Father’s Day is generally celebrated on third Sunday in the month of June to honour paternal bonds & fatherhood. This year, Father’s Day falls on 16^th June,2019. It is celebrated on 167^thday of the year 2019 and after Father’s Day 198 days left in the year.

It is the worldwide celebration because it is celebrated annually in more than 110 countries of the world but on different dates

WHY FATHER’S DAY IS CELEBRATED?

It is the day, especially to appreciate paternal bonds, fatherhood, sacrifices towards their family and their influence in the society.  

HISTORY BEHIND FATHER’S DAY –

In the early 20^th century, Father’s Day was not known amongst people. In December month of 1907, there came a Monongah Mining Disaster in Monongah, (this was the most terrific disaster in the US history) which killed almost 360 men out of which 250 of them were fathers leaving behind many of the fatherless kids.

Grace Golden Clayton was one of those fatherless children. After, when he heard about Anna Jarvis successfully published a particular day for Mother’s Day.

Clayton suggested to honour all those fathers, caught by disaster. But his attempt of such beautiful thought was failed in the beginning.

Several other people also made their attempts to particularise a day as celebration of Father’s Day but they couldn’t make it as much popular.

But then in 1909, when Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd heard about the celebration of the Mother’s Day, so she thought that honouring one of your parents, not the other one is like singling out one of your parents, which is not appropriate. She wants the same respected holiday for fathers like as the mothers have.

Her father William Dodd was a single parent of his six children because her wife & mother of Sonora died after giving birth to her sixth baby. So, William alone managed all the responsibilities very well. That’s why Sonora have a deep thought in mind to popularize the day.

FINALISING THE DATE OF THE FATHER’S DAY CELEBRATION –

Mrs. Dodd convinced Spokane Ministerial Administration & YMCA to celebrate Father’s Day on 5 June. She chooses this date because it was her father’s birthday.

She was successful in convincing the ministers but they refused the date because it was too early to prepare for the celebration hence 19 June was decided.

On 1910, 19 June was the third Sunday of June. Hence third June was decided to be the day celebration on the occasion of Father’s Day. 

FATHER’S DAY FALLS ON LAST FEW YEARS –

In this section, we are providing you a list of last few years dates on which Father’s Day was celebrated. You can have a look on the given list.

FATHER’S DAY IN YEAR	DATE
2015	21 June
2016	19 June
2017	18 June
2018	17 June
2019	16 June
2020	21 June
2021	20 June
2022	19 June

FATHER’S DAY IN OTHER COUNTRIES –

In other countries the celebration date of Father’s Day varies. So here in this section we are going to discuss about the dates of the Father’s Day celebration of different countries.

• In Myanmar, Father’s Day is celebrated on full moon day of Tabaung.
• In Russia and Belarus, February 23 is considered to be the celebration of Father’s Day.
• Father’s Day is celebrated on March 18 in Mongolia.
• On March 19, Father’s Day is celebrated in Belgium, Bolivia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
• In Kazakhstan, Father’s Day is celebrated on May 7.
• In Romania, Father’s Day is celebrated on second Sunday of May.
• In Tonga, third Sunday of May is celebrated as Father’s Day.
• On the 40^th day of Easter also known Ascension Day; Father’s Day is celebrated in Germany. 
• In Denmark, June 5 is celebrated as Father’s Day. It is also their constitution day.
• Second Sunday of June is popular as Father’s Day in Austria.
• Many of the countries celebrate father’s day on the third Sunday of June like Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bosnia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka,  turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
• On June 21, Egypt, Syria, Jordon and Kosovo celebrate Father’s Day.
• Poland celebrate Father’s Day on June 23.
• On August 8, china celebrates Father’s Day.
• Father’s Day is celebrated in brazil on second Sunday of August.
• On first Sunday of September, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, celebrate Father’s Day.
• Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden celebrate Father’s Day on second Sunday of November.
• Father’s Day is celebrated in Indonesia on November 12.
• In Thailand, Father’s Day is celebrated on December 5.

This is how Father’s Day is celebrated however on various dates in different parts of the world.

FATHER’S DAY SIGNIFICANCE–

The significance of father cannot be ignored in our day to day life, just like as mother. A father is the person who works hard in office or whatever the work he did, not for himself but all he does, is only for his kids, their requirements and also spend quality time with their family. Like mother, father too can’t see his kids in pain. He is the one who is always ready to take all the troubles of his family.

This is the day to appreciate the sacrifices, fatherhood, paternal bonds, care of the father & contribution of father towards the family. We honour father and father like figures on this day for their contribution in their kid’s life.

FATHER’S DAY GIFTS IDEAS –

On the occasion of Father’s Day, there are many ideas of gifts that can be given to the father as a present to show their love. Everyone has their own perspective to show the love towards their fathers and celebrate Father’s Day.

Some people give flowers to their father on Father’s Day. Some people give cards as a gift to their father while some will gift the present anything of the interest of their father. Some prefer dinner with their family in order to spend time with them.

The aim of the Father’s Day is to honour the father and let them know how special they are.