Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown took place in 1989 in Beijing, China. Student-led demonstrations calling for political reform, greater freedoms, and government accountability began in April 1989 and grew into large-scale protests centered in Tiananmen Square. The Chinese government declared martial law and, on the night of June 3–4, 1989, sent in military troops and tanks to forcibly clear the square, resulting in a violent crackdown with significant loss of life, though the exact death toll remains disputed and is a heavily censored topic in China to this day.