23-F was an attempt of a coup d'état in Spain the 23th February 1981: Tejero, who led the failed coup's most notable event: the bursting into the Spanish Congress by a group of 200 armed officers during the process of electing Sotelo as the new president .
King Juan Carlos gave a nationally televised address denouncing the coup and urging the maintenance of law and the continuance of the democratically elected government.
After holding the Parliament and cabinet hostage for 18 hours the hostage-takers surrendered the next morning without having harmed anyone.
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