Unix Timestamp: 1223251200
Monday, October 6. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson announces that Neel Kashkari will be in charge of administering the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.//www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081006\ACQRTT200810061546RTTRADERUSEQUITY_1313.htmmypage=newsheadlinestitle=Paulson%20Taps%20Former%20Goldman%20Sachs%20Exec%20To%20Be%20In%20Charge%20Of%20Bailout (NASDAQ)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hits near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, killing 60 people. //earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2008/us2008xuay/#details (USGS) //www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/06/kyrgyzstan.quake/index.html (CNN)

The MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second pass of the planet Mercury.//www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/10/07/science/space/100708-Mercury_index.html (NYT)