Timeline February 1981

Events in February 1981 8

• 1925 – 1981 Bill Haley (1925-1981) Died 9 February 1981, aged 55 American musician Bill Haley, whose recording of "Rock Around the Clock" is widely regarded as one of the songs that brought rock and roll to mainstream popularity, died in Harlingen, Texas, on 9 February 1981. His band Bill Haley & His Comets had been among the first stars of the genre in the mid-1950s.
• 1981 "Face Value" Debut solo album Released his debut solo album "Face Value" — written in the aftermath of his divorce and steeped in soul influences, it included the international hit "In the Air Tonight" and established him as a major solo artist independent of Genesis.
• 1981 Marvin Gaye moves to Ostend Belgium Leaves the US behind for the Belgian coast.
• 1981 Kurt Cobain gets his first guitar Fourteenth birthday A used guitar for his 14th birthday.
• 1981 Signs with Boca Juniors Maradona signs with Boca Juniors — his dream club and the club of the Argentine working class — for a then-national transfer record. He wins the Argentine Primera División title with Boca in his debut season.
• 1981 Attempted Coup 23-F Tejerazo A failed coup d'état by members of the Civil Guard; the King intervention secured the democracy.
• 1981 Attempted coup in Spain Civil Guard officers storm parliament Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero led armed Civil Guard officers into the Spanish parliament on 23 February 1981, holding lawmakers hostage in an attempted coup. King Juan Carlos I intervened on television to denounce the coup and affirm his support for democracy. The plotters surrendered the following day.
• 1981 – present Lleyton Hewitt Rusty Two-time major winner and the youngest-ever male World No. 1 at the time.