(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Steve Jobs (L) and actor Ashton Kutcher. Ashton Kutcher will reportedly play Steve Jobs in a film biopic directed by Joshua Michael Stern. ***LEFT IMAGE*** SAN FRANCISCO – JANUARY 27: Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new iPad as he speaks during an Apple Special Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts January 27, 2010 in San Francisco, California. Apple introduced its latest creation, the iPad, a mobile tablet browsing device that is a cross between the iPhone and a MacBook laptop. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)***RIGHT IMAGE*** LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 06: Actor Ashton Kutcher speaks onstage during the People’s Choice Awards 2010 held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on January 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for PCA)
1. Marvin Gaye Was Shot and Killed By His Father. On April 1st, 1984.
The news was so shocking and the timing was so unfortunate that even Marvin's friend Smokey Robinson thought it was a sick prank by a disc jockey.
2. David Lee Roth Left Van Halen. They were one of the biggest rock bands on the planet in 1985, so it's not a surprise that when Roth announced his exit on April 1st, most fans thought it was a joke.
3. Selena Was Killed. Sadly, Selena was murdered on March 31st of 1995, and when the word got out the next day, fans accused radio stations of joking about it.
4. A New "GMail" with Tons of Storage Space. On April 1st, 2004, Google announced an invitation-only beta version of a new email service, called GMail.
At the time, the idea seemed like a fantasy, Gmail offered one GIG of space, at a time when the most popular free options, Hotmail and Yahoo, were offering two and four megabytes respectively. There are 1,000 megabytes in a gigabyte.
5. The "Onion" Won a Peabody. It wasn't a joke. The satirical news site won a Peabody Award on April 1st, 2009.
6. Joss Whedon Directing "The Avengers". It was initially written off as an April Fools' joke in 2010, when it was revealed that Joss was Marvel's top choice to direct "The Avengers". Two weeks later, Marvel officially confirmed it.
7. Ashton Kutcher Playing Steve Jobs. In 2012, Ashton was best-known for taking over for Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men" and starring on "That '70s Show". So it seemed suspect when the announcement was made on April 1st that he'd be playing Steve Jobs in an indie movie.
8. A UFC Fighter Saved a Baby in a Runaway Car. On April 1st, 2015, UFC fighter Matt Hamill DID save a baby in a runaway car. The mother had fallen unconscious due to alcohol, causing her to weave erratically into oncoming traffic.
Hamill drove after the car, stopped it, and then punched through the windows in order to rescue the baby.
9. Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig Starring in a Lifetime Movie. Also on April 1st, 2015, Lifetime announced its newest movie of the week: "A Deadly Adoption" with Will and Kristen.
