Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989. Student-led demonstrations centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square began in April 1989 and grew into a broader pro-democracy movement calling for political reform, greater freedoms, and an end to corruption. The Chinese government declared martial law and, on June 3–4, 1989, sent military troops and tanks to forcibly clear the square, resulting in a violent crackdown that killed a significant but still-disputed number of civilians—estimates range from several hundred to possibly thousands. The event remains heavily censored in China, where public discussion, commemoration, and even acknowledgment of the death toll are suppressed to this day.