Not to be a wise-behind, but the text comes from the first book. It is also in the first movie. So if you hadn't read the first book or seen the first movie then it would have mattered about this info. There was nothing new revealed information (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.harrypotter)
(...) That text is from the Goblet of Fire; hence the "four years ago" part of it... They don't mention it in the first movie, either. In fact, I don't even think we see Fawkes in the first movie (or book). James (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.harrypotter)