Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown took place in 1989. Pro-democracy demonstrations, led largely by students, began in Beijing in April 1989 and centered on Tiananmen Square. The protests were met with a violent military crackdown by the Chinese government on June 3–4, 1989, resulting in a significant number of deaths, though the exact death toll remains disputed and is still a highly censored topic in China today.