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 protests were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989, also described as protests led by students and workers ... from 15 April to 4 June 1989.

•The official timeline lists Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989 and Massacre: 3–4 June 1989.

•After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the Chinese government to find a peaceful resolution, 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.

•It is described more broadly as a 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.

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