Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989. Student-led demonstrations calling for political reform, free speech, and anti-corruption measures began in Beijing in April 1989 and grew over the following weeks to involve hundreds of thousands of people, centered on Tiananmen Square. The Chinese government declared martial law, and on the night of June 3–4, 1989, the military moved in to clear the square, resulting in a violent crackdown that killed an unknown number of civilians—estimates range widely, from several hundred to possibly over a thousand or more, though the exact death toll remains unconfirmed due to government censorship and lack of transparency.

The event remains heavily censored in China today, with public discussion, commemoration, and even searches related to it restricted.