Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989. The pro-democracy demonstrations were centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square and were led largely by students calling for political reform, greater freedoms, and an end to corruption. The Chinese government responded by declaring martial law and sending in military troops, resulting in a violent crackdown on the night of June 3–4, 1989, when soldiers and tanks moved to clear the square, killing an unknown number of civilians—estimates range from several hundred to possibly thousands.

The event remains one of the most significant and heavily censored topics in modern Chinese history, with the Chinese government continuing to restrict public discussion and commemoration of it within mainland China to this day.