Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes — the 1989 date is correct, and I'll verify the Tiananmen protests and crackdown for you.

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happened in 1989 - in the spring of 1989, culminating on the night of June 3-4.

•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"

•Soldiers opened fire in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on 3 and 4 June 1989

•Honored as a "heroic protest movement ... that ended on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese Communist Party leadership sent tanks into Tiananmen Square"

•Wikipedia lists the date as: Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989 --- Massacre: 3–4 June 1989

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

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1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre - Wikipedia
Backs: “that ended on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese Communist Party leadership sent tanks into Tiananmen Square". Wikipedia lists the date as: Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989 Massacre: 3–4 June 1989”