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Fact #81261

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The van Halen family leave Nijmegen, Holland, Europe, with several suitcases, 75 guilders and a piano. They are headed for California, USA, with their sons Eddie van Halen and Alex van Halen. Some time after their arrival in the United States, they will change the family name from van Halen, to Van Halen.