Ephemeris of February 17: What happened a day like today?

The Ephemeris of this February 17 They gather different events that spent a day like today, Monday in which the Responsible game day.

The date was promulgated for the first time in 2008, by the European Association of Betting and Games of Chance (Egba), with the support of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Science and Culture Organization). The objective of the ephemeris is to talk about the Ludopathy either Compulsive gamean addiction suffered by approximately 7 out of 100 Argentines, According to a calculation made by the Ombudsman of the Province of Buenos Aires. In this category, people who have a compulsive attitude towards Games of chancebut also the Virtual bets and even video games.

Outside the money that is often lost in this type of fields, specialists add the isolation in which the ludopath is progressively introduced, isolating themselves from all its links and their world of relationships. From the Government They typify this behavior with the addiction to substances such as drugs, alcohol and tobacco, and They recommend free attention lines according to the province where the affected person or his relatives who want to call him are found.

Ephemeris: What happened on February 17?

• 1600 – The Italian astronomer and poet Giordano Bruno dies.
• 1673-French poet and playwright dies Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière.
• 1797 – The German Pianos manufacturer Heinrich Steinweg is born.
• 1836 – The Spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer is born.
• 1929 – Chilean filmmaker, actor, poet and tarotist Alejandro Jodorowsky is born.
• 1940 – Mexican singer, actor and businessman Vicente Fernández is born.
• 1948 – Argentine lawyer and politician Luis Zamora is born.
• 1948 – Argentine doctor and teacher Enrique Finochietto dies.
• 1963 – American former Basque Boardist Michael Jordan was born.

• 1963 – American filmmaker Michael Bay is born.
• 1971 – American actress Denise Richards is born.
• 1972 – American musician and singer Billie Joe Armstrong, leader of Green Day.
• 1972 – Argentine model and businesswoman Valeria Mazza is born.
• 1981-American actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is born.
• 1981 – The businesswoman, model and Socialite American Paris Hilton.
• 1982 – American jazz pianist Thelonouus Monk dies.
• 1982 – The American actor and professor Lee Strasberg dies.
• 1991 – British actress and model Bonnie Wright is born.
• 1991 – British musician and singer Ed Sheeran is born.

• 2005-former soccer player Enrique Omar Sívori dies.
• 2019 – Argentine businessman and politician Eduardo Bauzá dies.
• International Responsible Game Day is celebrated.