 Fathers Day Festival is celebrated on different dates in different countries. Most countries including US, UK, Canada, Chile, France, Japan and India celebrate Fathers Day on the third Sunday in June. President Richard Nixon declared the date of Father's Day festival in US in 1972.
Though the date of Father's Day is not fixed in countries around the world and even the manner of celebrations differ in several countries but everywhere the spirit behind the celebration of festival is just the same. All over the world people celebrate Father's Day to honor their father and express love for them. To celebrate the occasion of Father Day children give cards, flowers and other gifts of love to their father.
Father's Day Date in Different Countries
• Argentina: Third Sunday in the month of June
• Canada: Third Sunday in the month of June
• Chile: Third Sunday in the month of June
• France: Third Sunday in the month of June
• Japan: Third Sunday in the month of June
• Netherlands: Third Sunday in the month of June
• United States: Third Sunday in the month of June
• United Kingdom: Third Sunday in the month of June
• Malta: Third Sunday in the month of June
• Austria: Second Sunday in the month of June
• Australia: First Sunday in the month of September
• New Zealand: First Sunday in the month of September
• Belgium: St Joseph's Day (March 19), and the second Sunday in June "Secular"
• Portugal: St. Joseph's Day - March 19
• Spain: St. Joseph's Day - March 19
• Brazil: Second Sunday in the month of August
• Bulgaria: June 20
• Denmark: June 5, same day as Constitution Day
• Germany: on Ascension Day (40 days after Easter)
• Republic of Korea: May 8, Parents' Day
• Lithuania: First Sunday in June
• Republic of China (Taiwan): August 8
• Scandinavia: Second Sunday in the month of November
• Finland: Second Sunday in the month of November
• Norway: Second Sunday in the month of November
• Sweden: Second Sunday in the month of November
• Thailand: December 5 (Birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej)
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