February 27, 2009 (Friday)
- China's Navy and Denmark's Navy thwart Somali pirate attacks on Italian and Chinese merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden. (China Daily) (Canadian Press)
- A nationwide "Chicago Tea Party" occurred across the United States, where protesters say government spending is out of control. (Fox Chicago News)
- China's Armed Police shoot a Tibetan monk as he immolates himself in Sichuan. (BBC)
- Global financial crisis of 2008–2009:
- ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand sign a free trade agreement to increase commerce. (Bloomberg)
- The U.S. gross domestic product fell 6.2% in the final fiscal quarter of 2008. (MarketWatch)
- Lloyds Banking Group reports that HBOS lost £10.8 billion during 2008. (BBC)
- The U.S. federal government will increase its equity stake in Citigroup to 36%. (MarketWatch)
- Japan's industrial production fell by 10% in January 2009. (MarketWatch)
- Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány requests that the European Union aid Eastern Europe with US$230 billion. (Bloomberg)
- Bangladesh's military arrests 300 Rifles for mutiny and discovers a mass grave containing 58 officers killed during the revolt. (Sky News) (BBC)
- United States President Barack Obama announces he will withdraw most soldiers from the Iraq War by August 2010. (BBC)
- Seven million euros are stolen from the Bank of Ireland in Dublin. (Irish Times)
- At least 50 people are killed in combat between Southern Sudan and militias in Malakal. (BBC)
- The animated sitcom The Simpsons becomes the longest-running U.S. primetime television series after Fox Broadcasting confirms two more seasons. (BBC)
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez claims that former Cuban President Fidel Castro recently appeared publicly in Havana for the first time since 2006. (Irish Times)
- A report by China's State Council criticizes the United States' human rights record. (People's Daily)`