Quiz: Get Ready for Father’s Day

Sponsored by the Spokane Ministerial Association and the YMCA, the first citywide Father’s Day celebration took place on June 19, 1910, in Washington state. Sonora Smart Dodd came up with the idea to pay homage to her father, William Jackson Smart, a single dad who raised Dodd and her five siblings after Dodd’s mother died.  

Although the first bill to recognize Father’s Day as a national holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913, it wasn’t until 1972 that Richard Nixon signed it into law.

The $24 billion figure is up from last year’s $22.4 billion and also bests the previous record of $22.9 billion in 2023.

Horace Silver composed the song, the title track from his 1965 LP. The album cover featured a photograph of Silver’s father, John Tavares Silva, who was from Cape Verde, Africa.

Kenney’s first YouTube video was how to tie a tie. His others include how to put up a shelf and how to shave. He expected 30 to 40 followers, but a news station got hold of his story and then the video went viral on TikTok, Reddit and Facebook. As of May 2026, Kenney has 5.6 million followers.