Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes — the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989 — I'll pull sources to confirm.

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happened in 1989.

•Referred to as the Tiananmen Square massacre, the pro-democracy protests were "brutally cracked down on the night of June 3, 1989"

•"On 3 and 4 June 1989, troops and tanks forcibly cleared the square"

•"On the night of 3-4 June 1989, troops from the People's Liberation Army entered Beijing to put an end to weeks of peaceful protests and occupation of Tiananmen Square"

•Described as a "series of protests and demonstrations in China in the spring of 1989 that culminated on the night of June 3–4 with a government crackdown"

•Wikipedia dating:

•"Initial protests : 15 April – 4 June 1989"

•"Massacre : 3–4 June 1989"

•"were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing , China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989"

•"On the night of June 3–4, tanks and heavily armed troops advanced toward Tiananmen Square"

Citations (2)

1britannica.comEncyclopedias and referencequality 0.83
Tiananmen Square incident
Backs: “"On the night of 3-4 June 1989, troops from the People's Liberation Army entered Beijing to put an end to weeks of peaceful protests and occupation of Tiananmen Square". Described as a "series of protests and demonstrations in China in the spring of 1989 that culminated on the night of June 3–4 with a government…”
2wikipedia.orgEncyclopedias and referencequality 0.83
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre - Wikipedia
Backs: “Described as a "series of protests and demonstrations in China in the spring of 1989 that culminated on the night of June 3–4 with a government crackdown"”