June 21 Holidays

Father’s Day is the U.S. holiday honoring fathers and father figures, observed on the third Sunday of June — formalized by Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, who petitioned for the holiday in 1910 after her father raised six children alone. International Yoga Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 2014 at the initiative of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who proposed June 21 because it is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere and a date of spiritual significance in many traditions. Summer Solstice is the astronomical moment when the Earth’s axial tilt is maximally inclined toward the sun, producing the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Go Skateboarding Day was established by the International Association of Skateboarding Companies in 2004 to celebrate skateboarding’s cultural influence and to get more people onto boards. A father, a sun salutation, the longest day, and a kickflip.