Winn Technology Group would like to say Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there.  Here we’ve compiled the history and some fun facts about Father’s Day past and present.

1. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd spearheaded the efforts for fathers to be recognized after hearing a Mother’s Day sermon at her church. Dodd’s father, a Civil War veteran, had cared for the family after his wife died while giving birth to the couple’s sixth child.

2. It wasn’t until 1972 that Father’s Day became a permanent national holiday. (President Nixon signed it into law.)

3. On Father's Day in Germany, men drink all day at beer gardens.

4. More than 214,000 men are stay-at-home dads.

5. Father's Day is the fourth-biggest day for sending greeting cards, after Christmas, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, according to the Greeting Card Association.

6. Father’s Day is the busiest day of the year for collect phone calls.

7. The world's oldest father was an Indian farmer named Nanu Ram Jogi, who fathered his 21st child at the age of 90, in the year 2007.

8. The word “dad” was first recorded in 1500 but is most likely significantly older. Researchers believe it is derived from a child’s first sounds and is nearly universal. In other languages, the word is tad (Welsh), daid (Irish), tata (Greek), tete (Lithuanian), and tatah (Sanskrit).

9. Female shoppers spend 50% more than men on gifts for their Dad.

10. The name “Jupiter” is from the Proto-Indo-European word dyeu-peter, or “god-father.” In Roman mythology, the god Jupiter was the supreme deity, or father, of the ancient Romans.

11. The necktie is consistently the most popular gift.

12. Average spending on Mother’s Day gifts in the U.S. is about $168.94 compared to $119.84 for Father’s Day.

13. The world’s oldest “Father’s Day card” is a 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablet that a young boy named Elmesu carved to wish his father a long life and good health.

14. Patri is Latin for “father” and is the root of many words, including patriarch, patrician, patrilineal, patriot, Patrick, patron, and patronize.

15. Father’s Day is celebrated at different times around the world. Spain and Belgium celebrate fathers on March 19; Australia and New Zealand honor fathers on the first Sunday in September; and in Britain, Canada, and the U.S., Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June.

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Sources: Ibtimes.com, thepioneerwoman.com, theholidayspot.com, msn.com, factretriever.com