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.
Cook's best known ship was the 'Endeavour', which departed Plymouth, England, on 26 August â¦ 1768 on Cook's expedition to observe the transit of Venus from the vantage point of Tahiti. It was on this journey that Cook circumnavigated New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia.n Cook's second and third journeys, he commanded the 'Resolution' and the 'Adventure'. On his third journey, Cook also had a consort ship, the Discovery, which was commanded by Charles Clerke, not by Cook himself.