Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

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

The student-led demonstrations began in mid-April 1989, calling for democracy, free speech, and a free press. The movement culminated on the night of June 3 and the morning of June 4, 1989, when the Chinese government sent in the military to forcibly clear the demonstrators from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, resulting in a significant loss of life.