Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests (also known as the June Fourth Incident) and the subsequent military crackdown by the Chinese government occurred in 1989.

Student-led demonstrations began in April 1989 in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, calling for political reform, free speech, and an end to corruption. They grew into a large pro-democracy movement. On the night of June 3–4, 1989, the People’s Liberation Army forcibly cleared the square, resulting in significant casualties (estimates of deaths vary widely, from hundreds to thousands, as official figures are not transparent).