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, freedom of the press, and greater accountability began in April 1989 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, gradually growing to include hundreds of thousands of participants from various parts of Chinese society. The protests were violently suppressed by the Chinese government on June 3–4, 1989, when military troops and tanks were deployed to clear the square, resulting in a significant number of civilian deaths (estimates vary widely, from several hundred to possibly thousands, as the Chinese government has never released official figures and has suppressed open discussion of the event).