Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

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

The student-led demonstrations began in mid-April 1989, calling for democracy, free speech, and a free press. The movement culminated on the night of June 3 and the morning of June 4, 1989, when the Chinese government sent in the military (the People's Liberation Army) to forcibly clear the square, resulting in the deaths of hundreds, possibly thousands, of protesters and civilians.