QUOTE(HRIP7 @ Wed 5th May 2010, 3:55pm)
That aside, is it a good hook/article for the main page?
No; quite aside from the recentism problem—in six weeks time, nobody will care about this event—it's just plain boring. A "did you know" section ought to at least pay lip service to the idea of "wow, I didn't know that!", not "of course I didn't know that because nobody except those directly involved gives two fucks".