The coup of February 23, 1981 in Spain, also known as 23-F, was a failed coup by some military commanders essentially, whose most famous episode was the assault on the Congress of Deputies by a large group of civil guards in command was Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero Civil Guard during the voting session for the investiture of the candidate for Prime Minister, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, of the UCD.
After Franco's death came the transition to democracy, here is how were these first elections:
But the February 23, 1981 someone tried the return to dictatorship storming the Congress of Deputies:
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