This Day in History: National Popcorn Day was born thanks to a Kansas City pioneer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – January 19 – National Popcorn Day!

The day popped up several decades after a Kansas City saleswoman opened her first popcorn stand inside the Linwood Theater on Prospect Avenue in 1915.

The movie snack became a huge success, helping theaters through the depression…

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