You were screwed over. Your 5+ year old certificate was and is valid. Not only is there NO expiration date; holding a license in June, 1998 and ANY time after October, 1998, exempts one from further certification by both statute and the CMR.
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809. President Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He was assassinated on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play entitled Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre. This was the first Presidential assassination in American history.
History of Lincoln's Birthday. The history of Lincoln's Birthday 2018 dates back to February 12, 1809, when Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky. Lincoln began his political career at the age of 23 in 1832 when he ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Illinois General Assembly, as a Whig Party member.