Moving seperate pictures in events on iPhoto '09

Does anyone know how to move individual pics in an event? Some were taken out of order and unlike the old iPhoto where you could do the old click 'n' drag to arrange the order, it does not work in iPhoto '09. Somehow with experimenting with clicking, flagging, and more clicking, I was able to move one pic, but I do not know how I did it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
P.S.- Changing the title or the date/time stamp did not work. Nor did banging fist on desk.

Does anyone know how to move individual pics in an event?
You can't.
Events are automatic organisation for those who can't be bothered. They are based on date and time only, there is no manual sorting possible. (And the reason changing the time on the pics doesn't cause them to resort is because they are scanned to the database on import and not again afterwards.)
Make an Album of the Event (Just drag the Event to the Album heading on the left) and you'll be able to sort things any which way you want.
Albums simply reference photos in the Library so they take no extra disk space. A pic can be in many albums with no duplication at all.
Regards
TD

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