IPhoto import through Events

Is there an option to import photos back to iPhoto 08 (after I have instaled it from scratch) but automatically to make new events according to photo dates (as I had before).
Problem started when I have extracted all my photos (many events) before I uninstaled iPhoto, and now it only imports into one event, not by dates when photos were shot.
It seems to me that somewhere there should be option (import to events by dates" But where?
(I have checked "Imported items from finder" option in iPhoto Preferences, but it did not helped.
Please, if somebody knows more, I don't want to do it manually...
Thanx a lot.

After third try, it has imported into Events by dates. Oh, hapyness...

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