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, greater freedoms, and an end to corruption began in Beijing in April 1989 and grew to include hundreds of thousands of participants centered in 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 with significant loss of life, though the exact death toll remains disputed and unconfirmed to this day due to government censorship of the event.