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According to this article, father’s day almost wasn’t! In 1910, the first local Father’s Day was held. It wasn’t until 1924 that President Calvin Coolidge “made it a national event.” Then, in 1966, President Johnson signed a proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day. President Nixon made it law in 1972.