Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and the subsequent military crackdown took place in 1989.

The student-led protests began in mid-April 1989 (triggered by the death of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang) and culminated in a violent military crackdown by the Chinese government on the night of June 3 and the morning of June 4, 1989.