bump version to 2.7 rc1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b2ad445..446e4cb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 What's New in Python 2.7 Release Candidate 1?
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-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2010-06-05*
 
 Core and Builtins
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