IPhoto file names changed

I have just noticed that in several of my events the underlying file name of several imported photos has been changed to my assigned Title. Since I didn't think Apple provided a way in iPhoto for Mac to change the file name, and I am not digging into the file structure of iPhoto, I can't change the file name back to that assigned by the camera (and I don't necessarily know it anyway). I see no obvious reason why specific file names were changed. Is there some non-obvious way to change file names that I accidentally stumble upon?

iPhoto 9.4.3. Not sure what you mean by history. It has been in use for some time. No other obvious problems. The file name changes, at least that I have noticed, are from this year and, in particular, this past week. One other observation is that I only happened to notice because I exported a group of photos and saw that a few of the exported names did not have the camera assigned names and then I looked back at iPhoto (hovering the cursor over the title - which gives the file name). Again, the files were exported as a group and no obvious reason for something to change for one rather than another file. It is possible the change took place when I exported the photos rather than earlier as I had no reason to check.

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