Why did my iPhoto stop creating events?

I need to find out why my iPhoto program no longer creates events.  It has created them for years upon uploading photos but then is suddenly stopped.  It stopped in August of last year (2014).  The photos are in my library but I no longer have the convenience of just going to a grouping of photos from an event.  Is this a glitch of some kind.  I have not found a setting that deals with this.
Thanks!

There photos are in  Events. Every photo is in an Event.
If the Photos are under 'Last Import' or 'Last N Months' or Photos view, then they are in the Library somewhere, just not where you are expecting them to be. We know this as these are not places, just listings of elements in the the Library.
The two most common reasons that they can't be found is either an incorrect date on the camera or the Sorting (View Menu -> Sort Photos - or Sort Events, as appropriate) has changed.
Quick route to find them: Right-click on one of the images in Last Import and select 'Show Event'. This will bring you to the image in the Library.

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