On March 31, 1913,  The Daily mail 0ffered 500,000 to the first person who made a transatlantic flight.

However, the first person to do so was 14 years later!
On May 27, 1927, Charles Lindenberg accelerated down Long Island and into the sky…

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/04/01/issue.html
http://www.space.com/16677-charles-lindbergh.html