Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989 in Beijing, China. Student-led demonstrations began in April 1989, calling for political reform, greater freedoms, and government accountability, and grew to involve hundreds of thousands of participants in Tiananmen Square and other cities across China. The Chinese government declared martial law and, on June 3–4, 1989, sent military troops and tanks to clear the square, resulting in a violent crackdown that killed an unknown number of civilians—estimates range from several hundred to possibly thousands, though the exact death toll remains unconfirmed due to government censorship and lack of transparency.