Medieval Dates on iPhoto!

No matter what I do, the date continues to reverse several (a century?) years. I now have an event of photos apparently taken at the close of the Medieval period. My systems preferences are correctly set. I have updated my iPhoto program and, in an attempt to fix the problem, opened a Picassa program but, of course, this began importing photos with the same crazy dates before I could get it stopped. Any ideas?

What have you done so far to troubleshoot?
Did the dates change on all the images in iPhoto or just some?
If you drag in a new picture from the desktop or import from a camera is the date correct?
If the dates all changed spontaneously on a certain day, have you tried restoring from your backup prior to that day to see if the dates are correct there?
Where is your iPhoto Library stored?
Consider trying these steps:
Ensure all your software is up to date (Apple Menu > Software Update).
Remove the following to the trash and restart the computer and try again:
Home > Library > Caches (I remove the whole folder. It will be re-generated upon restart.)
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iPhoto (There may be more than one. Remove them all.)
If the issue persists try rebuilding your iPhoto Library following this article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2638. Use the bottom 3 rebuild options.

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