Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown took place in 1989. Student-led demonstrations centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square began in April 1989 and grew into a broader pro-democracy movement calling for political reform, greater freedoms, and an end to corruption. The Chinese government declared martial law, and on the night of June 3–4, 1989, the military moved in to clear the square and suppress the protests, resulting in a violent crackdown with a significant number of deaths, though the exact death toll remains disputed and is a heavily censored topic in China to this day.