Two key events in the Cold War that happened before 1970 are:
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The Berlin Blockade (1948-1949): This was one of the first major crises of the Cold War, where the Soviet Union blocked all ground routes into West Berlin, leading to the Western Allies’ Berlin Airlift to supply the city.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962): This was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba, which brought the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.