| January 18, 1913 |
Wren's Nest, home of Joel Chandler Harris, becomes a memorial to the writer
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Joel Chandler Harris |
| February 23, 1913 |
The Million Dollar Fire destroys 6 blocks of downtown Columbus, Georgia. |
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Columbus, Georgia |
| March 4, 1913 |
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated President of the United States |
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Woodrow Wilson |
| March 30, 1913 |
St. Joseph's (Athens) is dedicated
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| April 26, 1913 |
Mary Phagan is murdered at the National Pencil Company
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| April 27, 1913 |
The body of Mary Phagan, bloody, broken, possibly sexually assaulted, was found in the basement of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta. Newt Lee, who found the body, is arrested.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| May 1, 1913 |
Jim Conley, a black janitor, is arrested when he is discovered rinsing blood off a shirt in the basement of the National Pencil Company
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| May 8, 1913 |
Leo Frank and Newt Lee are ordered to be held in the murder of Mary Phagan
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| May 23, 1913 |
Leo Frank is indicted in the murder of Mary Phagan
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| May 28, 1913 |
Jim Conley admits his involvement with the murder. He claims that Leo Frank ordered him to write the murder notes, and that Frank had killed Mary Phagan and had Conley carry her downstairs
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| July 28, 1913 |
Leo Frank's trial begins
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Fiddlin' John Carson |
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| August 4, 1913 |
Jim Conley testifies at the trial of Leo Frank, claiming that Frank had gotten his help in moving Mary Phagan's body to the cellar.
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| August 9, 1913 |
Herman Talmadge is born to Eugene and Mattie Talmadge on a farm near McRae
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Eugene Talmadge |
| August 25, 1913 |
Leo Frank is found guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| August 25, 1913 |
John Ripley Forbes born, Boston, Massachusetts |
| October 30, 1913 |
Winecoff Hotel opens, 176 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. At 16 stories, it is the tallest building in the city.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel |
| December 1, 1913 |
Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends, by Lucian Lamar Knight, is published
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| December 17, 1913 |
Atlanta's Capitol City Club, on the corner of Peachtree and Harris St. opens for business. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
