George Harrison Receives Radiation Treatment. Former Beatle George Harrison is undergoing radiation to treat a brain tumor, but experts say it won't stop the spread of cancer from his lungs. Earlier in the year Harrison had a tumor removed from his lung in the United States, and more recently received radiation therapy in Switzerland for a brain tumor.
Captain James Cook James Cook was born in the village of Marton, Yorkshire on 27 October 1728 (7 November in the Gregorian calendar), one of five children of Scottish migrant farm labourer James Cook and his Yorkshire wife Grace.
Captain James Cook did face problems on his journeys, particularly his first major voyage to New Zealand and Australia's east coast.Whilst in Tahiti, Cook's crew had difficulties with native stealing items from a fort he constructed for the storage of his scientific equipment.ontrary to popular opinion, Cook did NOT discover Australia, nor New Zealand, but he was important for several reasons: On his first journey, departing in 1768, he commande â¦ d the 'Endeavour' on an expedition to chart the transit of Venus.