The Reds hosted Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup on that poignant day and 65 years on, the match programme from that historic fixture is available for you to read here in digital form.
Adorned with the message "United will go on..." the programme is dedicated to those who had tragically perished by the time of publishing, and many more who still lay in hospital on the date of the match including manager Matt Busby. In his absence, the team was selected and coached by his assistant Jimmy Murphy.
As journalist and broadcaster Michael Parkinson writes in his book, Michael Parkinson on Football, "It wasn't a football match.