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What is celebrated on May 11?

For 2026, these source-backed observances resolve to Monday, May 11. Recurring rules can move in another year, so each record keeps its own date logic.

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Topics represented on May 11

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Food, Drink & Hospitality 2 Health, Wellness & Awareness 2 Arts, Entertainment & Lifestyle 1

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All observances on this date

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Eat What You Want Day

11 May · United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat observance

The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Eat What You Want Day on May 11 and identifies the Wellcat holiday collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.

Source-backedFixed Annual

Hostess CupCake Day

11 May · United States / informal branded-food observance

National Today and Days Of The Year independently list Hostess CupCake Day on May 11 every year.

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Technology Day (India)

11 May annually · India / national science and technology observance

India’s Department of Science and Technology identifies 11 May as National Technology Day, commemorated annually following the 1998 technology achievements.

Source-backedRule Based Annual

National Women’s Checkup Day

Second Monday in May; 11 May 2026 in current New York legislative recognition · U.S. women’s preventive-health awareness; historical federal health-campaign usage and current state recognition

A 2026 New York Senate resolution identifies National Women’s Checkup Day as held annually on the second Monday in May and recognizes May 11, 2026 in conjunction with the observance.

Source-backedFixed Annual

World Ego Awareness Day

11 May · International / Ego Awareness Movement campaign

The Ego Awareness Movement identifies May 11 as World Ego Awareness Day and states that the observance was established in 2018.

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