Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989. The pro-democracy demonstrations, led largely by students, took place in Beijing's Tiananmen Square starting in April 1989 and culminated in a violent military crackdown on June 3–4, 1989, when Chinese troops and tanks moved in to suppress the protesters, resulting in a significant number of deaths.