biologist (b. 1879) November 18 – Ion Inculeț, Moldavian politician, 1st President of Moldova (b. 1884) November 19 Ralph W. Barnes, American journalist (b. 1899) Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (b. 1865) November 24 – Saionji Kinmochi, Japanese prince and prime minister (b. 1849) November 26 – assassinations Gheorghe Argeșanu, Romanian general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1883) Ioan Bengliu, Romanian general (b. 1881) Victor Iamandi, Romanian politician (b. 1891) Mihail Moruzov, Romanian intelligence chief (b. 1887) November 27 Henri Guillaumet, French aviator (b. 1902) Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (assassinated) (b. 1871) December December 2 – Nikolai Koltsov, Russian biologist, genetist (b. 1872) December 5 – Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (b. 1880) December 13 – Wilfred Lucas, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1871) December 14 – Anton Korošec, Slovenian political leader (b. 1872) December 15 – Billy Hamilton, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1866) December 16 – Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist, geologist (b. 1858) December 19 – Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmerman, banker, 8th Prime Minister of Finland and 4th President of Finland (b. 1873) December 21 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (b. 1896) December 22 – Nathanael West, American writer (b. 1903) December 23 – Eddie August Schneider, American aviator (b. 1911) December 25 – Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898) December 26 – Daniel Frohman, American theater producer (b. 1851) Nobel Prizes Physics – not awarded Chemistry – not awarded Physiology or Medicine – not awarded Literature – not awarded Peace – not awarded References Further reading Bloch, Leon Bryce and Lamar Middleton, ed. The World Over in 1940 (1941) detailed coverage of world events online free; 914pp External links 1940 WWII Timeline The 1930s Timeline: 1940 – from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia The 1940s | 1940-1949 | History Fashion Movies Music Leap years in the Gregorian calendar