On the third Sunday in June Britain and many other countries around the world celebrate. Father's Day. The international day of dads has been going since the early 20th century.
Nowadays it is popular to buy presents and cards for dads, but Fathers Day has only been celebrated in Britain since after the Second World War, folk historian Steven Round writes in The English Year. Father's Day was recognised as a holiday in the USA under the Richard Nixon presidency in 1972.
But the idea to celebrate Father's Day on the third Sunday in June came from the USA in the early 20th century. Now dozens of countries honour fathers, grandfathers and stepfathers on the same day. They include the UK, Ireland, Japan and Canada.
