How to pass a List to a listview in a WPF user control

I'm trying to fill a list view contained in a user control but I have hit a roadbloack and don't know how to continue.

<UserControl x:Class="AC_Career_Mode.controls.HistoryTab"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:AC_Career_Mode.controls"
             mc:Ignorable="d" 
             x:Name="RecordsUC"
             d:DesignHeight="450" d:DesignWidth="800">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="30"/>
            <RowDefinition/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <ListView x:Name="RecordsCtrl_lv" SelectionMode="Single" Grid.Row="1" >
            <ListView.View>
                <GridView>
                    <GridViewColumn Width="100" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Date, StringFormat=dd-MM-yyyy}">
                        <GridViewColumnHeader Content="Date" />
                    </GridViewColumn>

                    <GridViewColumn Width="600" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Description}">
                        <GridViewColumnHeader Content="Description"/>
                    </GridViewColumn>
                </GridView>
            </ListView.View>
        </ListView>
        <Label Content="{Binding Title}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="403" />
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

My code behind

    public partial class HistoryTab : UserControl
    {
        public ObservableCollection<Record> Records 
        { 
            get { return (ObservableCollection<Record>)GetValue(RecordsProperty); }
            set { SetValue(RecordsProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty RecordsProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Records", typeof(ObservableCollection<Record>),
                                                                                                            typeof(HistoryTab),
                                                                                                            new PropertyMetadata(null));

        public string Title { get; set; }

        public HistoryTab()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            DataContext = this;
        }


    }

Then I'm invoking the uc like this

<uControl:HistoryTab x:Name="test_records" />

and trying to set the records property like this

test_records.Records = new ObservableCollection<Record>(Record.DeserializeRecords(profile));

Now I don't know what else I have to do, I have googled and consulted many sources but either it's beyond my understanding giving little detail on what to do or too basic

Some links I visited

Passing Generic lists to WPF usercontrol (I don't know what the answer wants me to do)

This youtube tutorial (Good but strays away from what I want to do I think)

Like always, when you want to pass data to a control use data binding.
I recommend to read Data binding overview (WPF .NET) to get a quick idea about data binding.

You also should never set the DataContext of a custom control or UserControl to itself. This eliminates the chance to set a binding on the control's properties. Don't set the DataContext at all. It will be inherited or explicitly set in the context the control is used. This allows the following usage:

<!-- The HistoryTab.DataContext is implicitly inherited -->
<HistoryTab x:Name="test_records"
            Records="{Binding RecordItems}" />

DataContext = this; is only acceptable in a WPF root element like for example Window, Page and Popup. Because by definition these elements can't have a parent (in the visual tree), there won't be a parent data related context.

First fix the control's DataContext:

HistoryTab.xaml.cs

partial class HistoryTab : UserControl
{
  public HistoryTab()
  {
    InitializeComponent();
  }
}

Then bind the internal ListView to the parent's Record property:

<UserControl>
  <ListView x:Name="RecordsCtrl_lv" 
            ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl}, Path=Records}" />
</UserControl>