The story of Father's Day is pretty fascinating. The day began in 1910 when a girl named Sonora Smart Dodd requested the Church to commemorate a day for fathers like the day for mothers. Sonora's father William Smart Dodd was a Civil War Veteran and Sonora wanted Father's Day to be celebrated on June 05 - her dad's birthday. But the day got pushed due to the Church's prior commitments and finally came to be observed on the third Sunday of June!