Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989. The demonstrations, centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, began in April 1989 and were met with a violent military crackdown by the Chinese government on June 3–4, 1989, resulting in a significant number of deaths among protesters and civilians. The event remains a highly sensitive topic in China, where public discussion and commemoration of it are heavily censored.