Backport the changes made in revision 74198, fixing the issue 1424152
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #1424152: Fix for http.client, urllib.request to support SSL while
+  working through proxy. Original patch by Christopher Li, changes made by
+  Senthil Kumaran
+
 - importlib.abc.PyLoader did not inherit from importlib.abc.ResourceLoader like
   the documentation said it did even though the code in PyLoader relied on the
   abstract method required by ResourceLoader.