Did the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown happen in 1989?

Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989. The pro-democracy demonstrations, centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, began in April 1989 and were met with a violent military crackdown by the Chinese government on June 3–4, 1989, when troops and tanks were used to clear protesters from the square, resulting in a significant number of civilian deaths.