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* etc/HISTORY: New file.
* etc/NEWS: Mention it.

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+        GNU Emacs versions and their release dates
+
+For more details about release contents, see the NEWS* files.
+
+Dates are approximate in the following list; some are when the version
+was made, some are when it was announced.
+
+
+GNU Emacs 1.0 through 1.12 were released in early 1985.
+The next release after 1.12 was 13.
+
+GNU Emacs 13 (1985-03-20)
+Initial release announced on Usenet.
+
+GNU Emacs 15.10 (1985-04-10)
+
+GNU Emacs 15.34 (1985-05-07)
+Last version 15 release.
+
+GNU Emacs 16.56 (1985-07-15)
+First version 16 release.
+
+GNU Emacs 16.57 (1985-09-16)
+
+GNU Emacs 16.58 (1985-09-17)
+
+GNU Emacs 16.59 (1985-09-17)
+
+GNU Emacs 16.60 (1985-09-19)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.36 (1985-12-20)
+First version 17 release.
+
+GNU Emacs 17.43 (1986-01-25)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.46 (1986-02-04)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.48 (1986-02-10)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.49 (1986-02-12)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.55 (1986-03-18)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.57 (1986-03-27)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.58 (1986-04-04)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.61 (1986-04-22)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.63 (1986-05-07)
+
+GNU Emacs 17.64 (1986-05-12)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.41 (1987-03-22)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.45 (1987-06-02)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.46 (1987-06-08)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.47 (1987-06-10)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.48 (1987-08-30)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.49 (1987-09-18)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.50 (1988-02-13)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.51 (1988-05-07)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.52 (1988-09-01)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.53 (1989-02-24)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.54 (1989-04-26)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.55 (1989-08-23)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.56 (1991-01-16)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.57 (1991-01-25)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.58 (1991-02-18)
+
+GNU Emacs 18.59 (1992-10-30)
+
+GNU Emacs 19.28 (1994-11-01)
+
+GNU Emacs 19.29 (1995-06-21)
+
+GNU Emacs 19.30 (1995-11-24)
+
+GNU Emacs 19.31 (1996-05-25)
+
+GNU Emacs 19.34 (1996-08-21)
+
+GNU Emacs 20.1 (1997-09-17)
+
+GNU Emacs 20.2 (1997-09-20)
+
+GNU Emacs 20.3 (1998-08-19)
+
+GNU Emacs 20.4 (1999-07-12)
+
+GNU Emacs 21.1 (2001-10-20)
+
+GNU Emacs 21.2 (2002-03-16)
+
+GNU Emacs 21.3 (2003-03-19)
+
+GNU Emacs 21.4 (2005-02-08)
+
+GNU Emacs 21.4a (2005-02-17)
+This is Emacs 21.4 with an updated notice in etc/PROBLEMS.
+
+GNU Emacs 22.1 (2007-06-02)
+
+GNU Emacs 22.2 (2008-03-26)
+
+GNU Emacs 22.3 (2008-09-05)
+
+GNU Emacs 23.1 (2009-07-29)
+
+GNU Emacs 23.2 (2010-05-08)
+
+GNU Emacs 23.3 (2011-03-10)
+
+GNU Emacs 23.4 (2012-01-29)
+
+GNU Emacs 24.1 (2012-06-10)
+
+GNU Emacs 24.2 (2012-08-27)
+
+GNU Emacs 24.3 (2013-03-10)
+
+GNU Emacs 24.4 (2014-10-20)
+
+GNU Emacs 24.5 (2015-04-10)
+
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index dbe0de38db6..7b31357c345 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ If possible, use M-x report-emacs-bug.
 
 This file is about changes in Emacs version 25.
 
+See file HISTORY for a list of GNU Emacs versions and release dates.
 See files NEWS.24, NEWS.23, NEWS.22, NEWS.21, NEWS.20, NEWS.19, NEWS.18,
 and NEWS.1-17 for changes in older Emacs versions.