(FOX40.COM) — Ever wondered why Father's Day is always the third Sunday of June? Well, in 1966, the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers and designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day, according to the National Women's History Alliance. • Video above: Father's Day Bluegrass Festival

Officials stated that it would take six more years before the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, officially declared Father's Day a permanent national holiday moving forward.

According to the University of Santa Barbara, the proclamation stated:

"Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that June 18, 1972, be observed as Father's Day. I direct Governm

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