Your built-in Windows calendar could have told you - it was a Monday.
June 24, 1960, was a Friday.
July 24, 1960 fell on a Sunday.
24 October 2005 was a Monday.
24 October 1993 was a Sunday.
24 October 1974 was a Thursday.
October 24, 2001 was on a Wednesday.
October 24, 1997, was a Friday.
October 24 1999 was on a Sunday.
October 24 1994 was a Monday.
October 24 2009 is a Saturday.
October 24, 1996 was a Thursday.
October 24 2010 was a Sunday.