Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and the subsequent military crackdown happened in 1989.

The student-led protests began in mid-April 1989, sparked by the death of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang. The movement grew to demand greater political freedom, freedom of speech, and an end to government corruption.

The protests culminated on the night of June 3 and the morning of June 4, 1989, when the Chinese government sent in the military (the People's Liberation Army) with tanks and troops to clear the square, resulting in a violent crackdown and the deaths of hundreds to thousands of protesters and civilians.