The list excludes the famous Wall St. Journal April 1st article approximately 30 years ago about a fictional congressman who had submitted a bill outlawing all publicly owned land over 10 acres, which would in effect eliminate 90% of golf courses. The WSJ “discovered” that the congressman's mother and siblings had been ruined by the golf addiction of his father and this was revenge.
The real Congressional switchboard became overloaded with calls to representatives to stop this bill from becoming law.
The WSJ had a history of April 1st columns -placed on page 1 in the center.
The very best April Fool's prank I can remember was the infamous "Sidd Finch" hoax that was perpetrated by
Sports Illustrated in a 1985 article.
Finch was supposedly a freak of nature who was signed by the New York Mets as a pitcher and had been working in secret during spring training that year. He wore one shoe on the mound (a work boot of some kind), and could throw a baseball an amazing 165+ miles per hour.
Sidd Finch Hoax