Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, I'll verify when the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown took place.

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

•The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989

•More specifically described as:

Protests led by students and workers, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, from 15 April to 4 June 1989

•The timeline is listed as:

Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989 --- Massacre: 3–4 June 1989

•The crackdown:

•On the night of 3-4 June 1989, troops from the People's Liberation Army entered Beijing to put an end to weeks of peaceful protests and occupation of Tiananmen Square

•Crackdown at Tiananmen begins | June 3, 1989 - With protests for democratic reforms entering their seventh week, the Chinese government authorizes its soldiers and tanks to reclaim Beijing's Tiananmen Square at all costs. By nightfall on June 4, Chinese troops had forcibly cleared the square

•As summarized by the U.S. Department of State: On June 4, we honor the heroic protest movement of the Chinese people that ended on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese Communist Party leadership sent tanks into Tiananmen Square to violently repress peaceful demonstrations

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