Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

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

•The events are referred to as the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

•The Wikipedia infobox lists the date as:

> Date | Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989 ... Massacre: 3–4 June 1989

•Described as:

> The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989
> the Chinese government deployed troops to occupy the square on the night of 3 June in what is referred to as the Tiananmen Square massacre

•Also described as:

> series of protests and demonstrations in China in the spring of 1989 that culminated on the night of June 3–4 with a government crackdown on the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing

•History.com lists:

> Crackdown at Tiananmen begins | June 3, 1989

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