That was a fire horse year. Since it is believed that girls born in such a year will kill their future husbands, people in Japan tried to avoid having children in 1966.

I could have posted the BBC article, but all it does is quote the op-ed and add a little bit of context. Since the release of the op-ed itself is newsworthy I thought it would be better to link it directly.

Is there anything even closer to rif is fun than Jerboa?