Happy Fathers Day by Howard Scott | The Saturday Evening Post.

Sonora founded Father’s Day in Spokane, Washington, in 
1910. She was inspired by the example of her devoted
dad, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran.

In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first
presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating
the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.

Six years later, the day was made a permanent national
holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law
in 1972.

William Jackson Smart, the inspiration for Father’s Day.

On June 17, 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of
friendship from the people of France to the people of America,
arrived in New York Harbor after being shipped across the
Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than
200 cases. The copper and iron statue, which was reassembled
and dedicated the following year in a ceremony presided over
by U.S. President Grover Cleveland, became known around the
world as an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy.

The Statue of Liberty’s face before it was installed.

On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space. After
48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more
time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date.

Before her selection for the Soviet space program, Tereshkova
was a textile factory. She joined  the Air Force as part of the
Cosmonaut Corps and was commissioned as an officer after
completing her training.