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 ## History
 
-`htop` was invented, developed and maintained by Hisham Muhammad from 2006 to 2019. His [legacy repository](https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/) has been archived to preserve the history.
+`htop` was invented, developed and maintained by Hisham Muhammad from 2004 to 2019. His [legacy repository](https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/) has been archived to preserve the history.
 
 In 2020 a [team](https://github.com/orgs/htop-dev/people) took over the development amicably and continues to maintain `htop` collaboratively.