resolve issue 2014
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6cc3678..511608f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #2014: Allow XML-RPC datetime objects to have dates before
+  1900-01-01.
+
 - Issue #2439: Added new function pkgutil.get_data(), which is a
   convenience wrapper for the PEP 302 get_data() API.