Long-forgotten change: Update first paragraph with actual release date

Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew20.tex

@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
 
 \section{Introduction}
 
-A new release of Python, version 2.0, will be released some time this
-autumn.  Beta versions are already available from
-\url{http://www.pythonlabs.com/products/python2.0/}.  This article
-covers the exciting new features in 2.0, highlights some other useful
-changes, and points out a few incompatible changes that may require
+A new release of Python, version 2.0, was released on October 16, 2000. This
+article covers the exciting new features in 2.0, highlights some other
+useful changes, and points out a few incompatible changes that may require
 rewriting code.
 
 Python's development never completely stops between releases, and a