Issue #8063: Call _PyGILState_Init() earlier in Py_InitializeEx().
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4e11922..586aa7e 100644
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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #8063: Call _PyGILState_Init() earlier in Py_InitializeEx().
+
 - Issue #9612: The set object is now 64-bit clean under Windows.
 
 - Issue #8202: sys.argv[0] is now set to '-m' instead of '-c' when searching